Lawrence Thomas Owen (May 31, 1955 – June 6, 2018) was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played all or parts of six seasons in the major leagues, between 1981 and 1988, for the Atlanta Braves and Kansas City Royals.
Owen played college baseball for Bowling Green. He finished his career with 27 home runs, breaking a conference record held by future Hall of Fame player Mike Schmidt of Ohio University.
In 1976, the California Angels drafted Owen in the 18th round of the June draft, but he did not sign with the team. Instead, he opted to continue his career at Bowling Green. The next year, after his senior season, he was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 17th round of the June draft and signed with them. Atlanta assigned him to the Greenville Braves of the single A Western Carolina League. In his rookie season of pro ball, Owen batted .282 and drove in 24 runs. The next season, he was promoted to double A, playing for the Savannah Braves. Though his batting average dipped facing tougher competition, Owen hit 11 home runs and drove in 45 runs. Despite his poor average, Owen earned a call up to the Triple A Richmond Braves. He only appeared in a handful of games with Richmond, but still managed to get ten hits and drive in three runs. In 1979, he played the entire season at Richmond, but his batting average did not improve, and in 1980, he found himself back in Double-A ball. Though Owen had home run ability, he struggled to keep his batting aver above the Mendoza Line and he struggled with strikeouts.

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